Improvement in washing-machines



A. B. WROTH.

V VITN E55E5 M H' MOM] N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D (ZvPatented July 25. 1876.

IN'VE'NTUPY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED B. WROTE, OF WINTERSET, ioWA.

IMPROVEMENT lN WASHINGF'MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,406, dated July 25,1876; application filed 7 June 29, 1876. I

To all whom itmag concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. WROTH, of W'interset, Iowa, have inventedan Improvement in Washing-Machines, especially improvement on patentgranted to me July 27, 1875, No.165,969; and I hereby. declarethefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which the figure is a vertical cross-section.

The object of my invention is to obtain a more complete agitation of theclothes than was produced in my former invention; and it consists inatransverse cord or cords passing over a roller ina partition, andautomatically operated by the alternate heaters, as hereinai'ter'morefully set forth.

having its ends attached to the inner sides of the body A, is acord, b,of such a length that when the loop on one side of the partition ispressed down by the stroke of the beater, the cord is raised on theopposite side of the partition. This operation is alternate, as thestrokes of the beater are alternate. The clothes are placed on top ofthe cord or cords b, and it is evident that as the plunger comes down inone compartment it shortens the loop in the other, and the cord raisesthe clothes up from the bottom and suspends them until another strokeforces them down. This gives a thorough agitation to the clothes, andkeeps them from packing in the bottom, each stroke loosening up theclothes in the adjoining compartment. v

It is evident that any desirable number of cords may he used, or a broadbelt of cloth or netting could'be used without departing from the spiritof my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a washing-machine provided with alternate heaters B B, the partitionE, pulley a, and cord 1), substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

ALFRED B. WROTH.

